Corvinus University graduates wearing traditional caps at a graduation ceremony on 23 March 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.

Fidesz MEP Calls for Immediate Lifting of Erasmus Ban

While Hungarian MEPs from liberal opposition parties have supported the Erasmus ban penalizing their fellow Hungarians, Fidesz MEP Andrea Bocskor is fighting hard to get students and teachers back into the programme and thus help their academic careers.

Chairman of the ‘Voice’ (Hlas) political party Peter Pellegrini, Chairman of the social democratic Smer party Robert Fico and Chairman of the the National Party (SNS) Andrej Danko sign a Memorandum of Understanding to form a coalition government at the National Council building in Bratislava, Slovakia on 11 October 2023.

Slovak Political Tensions in the Shadow of Upcoming Elections

‘The main criticisms against the four Slovak governments of the past three years were the lack of competence and the imposition of ad hoc solutions. The current government coalition has produced the exact opposite: it carries out the programme that its political opponents are most afraid of and does so with panache.’

Rainbow flag during Pride Week on the roof of the US Embassy in Berlin, Germany, 3 July 2021.

No Country for Woke Men

‘The various proceedings and attacks against Hungary for years can not be traced back to rule-of-law issues or “democratic backsliding”, but “merely” to the fact that the domestic right-wing is fighting back against Wokeness—precisely in the wake of its triumphant victory.’

Hungarians take part in a demonstration for the autonomy of the Transylvanian territory in Romania in Budapest, Hungary on 27 October 2013.

Let Transylvania Be Again What It Once Was! — Reflections on Szekler Freedom Day

‘On 10 March this year, the author of these lines has only one wish: that a miracle may happen in the modern, so-called democratic Romania, and it may become like it was in the 1950s, or even like in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, in the 13th and 16th centuries. Because, if that happened, it would give freedom and autonomy to Szeklerland as in a true 21st-century European—and a European Union—country…’

Migrants arrive in the harbour of Italian island of Lampedusa, on 18 September 2023

A Plan Failed Miserably — For the Benefit of All

Whatever the original plan or idea behind promoting, supporting, and organizing uncontrolled migration to Europe (and to the United States) was, social engineering has miserably failed again just as in the case of communism. For once again it failed to take into account nothing less than human nature.

Donald Trump to Host Viktor Orbán in Florida?

According to press reports, Donald Trump and Viktor Orbán are scheduled to meet in Florida on 8 March. As the perhaps two most prominent figures of the international right, they are gearing up for crucial elections in 2024, and their alliance is deemed more significant than ever.

Demonizing Viktor Orbán: Manfred Weber in Vicious Campaign Mode

As the European Parliament elections approach, Manfred Weber, President of the European People’s Party, has entered campaign mode, with a focus on demonizing Viktor Orbán and the European right. Meanwhile, speculation continues regarding which political group Fidesz will align with in the next EP.